Powerful Purple Allies

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Allyship is essential to the work that disability employee networks / ERGs do around the world. This Powerful Purple Allies resource has key information on identifying, developing, supporting your allies as well as some hints and tips on being an ally.This guide helps both allies, and network / ERG leaders to help build disability confidence from the inside out, with quotes from Iain Wilkie, Founder of 50 Million Voices, Janet Hill CBE, Trustee of Business Disability Forum, Fleur Bothwick, Director of Diversity & Inclusive Leadership EMEIA EY and Gavin Bounds, EMEA COO Rackspace Technology and Chair PurpleSpace.

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